अमेध्य
Hindi
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Sanskrit अमेध्य (amedhyá).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editअमेध्य • (amedhya) (indeclinable)
Noun
editDeclension
editDeclension of अमेध्य (masc cons-stem)
Further reading
edit- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अमेध्य”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “अमेध्य”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अमेध्य”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
editAlternative scripts
editAlternative scripts
- অমেধ্য (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬫᬾᬥ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
- অমেধ্য (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰦𑰸𑰠𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀫𑁂𑀥𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- အမေဓျ (Burmese script)
- અમેધ્ય (Gujarati script)
- ਅਮੇਧ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌮𑍇𑌧𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦩꦺꦣꦾ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂧𑂵𑂡𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಮೇಧ್ಯ (Kannada script)
- អមេធ្យ (Khmer script)
- ອເມຘ຺ຍ (Lao script)
- അമേധ്യ (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᠮᡝᢡᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘦𑘹𑘠𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠮᠧᢑᠾᠶᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧆𑧚𑧀𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐩𑐾𑐢𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
- ଅମେଧ୍ଯ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢪꢾꢤ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆩𑆼𑆣𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖦𑖸𑖠𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
- අමෙධ්ය (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩴𑩔𑩮 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚢𑚲𑚜𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
- அமேத்⁴ய (Tamil script)
- అమేధ్య (Telugu script)
- อเมธฺย (Thai script)
- ཨ་མེ་དྷྱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒧𑒹𑒡𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨢𑨄𑨜𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
editFrom अ- (a-, negative prefix) + मेध्य (médhya, “fit for sacrifice; pure”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editअमेध्य • (amedhyá) stem
- unfit for sacrifice; impure, unholy, filthy, foul, dirty, abominable, unlucky, inauspicious
- c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 17.10:
- यातयामं गतरसं पूति पर्युषितं च यत्। उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम्॥
- yātayāmaṃ gatarasaṃ pūti paryuṣitaṃ ca yat. ucchiṣṭamapi cāmedhyaṃ bhojanaṃ tāmasapriyam.
- Food prepared more than three hours before being eaten, food that is tasteless, decomposed and putrid, and left-over food that is untouchable and impure is dear to those in the mode of darkness.
- यातयामं गतरसं पूति पर्युषितं च यत्। उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम्॥
- c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 10.79.2:
- ततोऽमेध्यम्अयं वर्षं बल्वलेन विनिर्मितम्। अभवद्यज्ञशालायां सोऽन्वदृश्यत शूलधृक्॥
- Next, onto the sacrificial arena came a downpour of abominable [things] sent by Balvala, after which the demon himself appeared, trident in hand.
- ततोऽमेध्यम्अयं वर्षं बल्वलेन विनिर्मितम्। अभवद्यज्ञशालायां सोऽन्वदृश्यत शूलधृक्॥
Declension
editMasculine a-stem declension of अमेध्य (amedhyá) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | अमेध्यः amedhyáḥ |
अमेध्यौ / अमेध्या¹ amedhyaú / amedhyā́¹ |
अमेध्याः / अमेध्यासः¹ amedhyā́ḥ / amedhyā́saḥ¹ |
Vocative | अमेध्य ámedhya |
अमेध्यौ / अमेध्या¹ ámedhyau / ámedhyā¹ |
अमेध्याः / अमेध्यासः¹ ámedhyāḥ / ámedhyāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | अमेध्यम् amedhyám |
अमेध्यौ / अमेध्या¹ amedhyaú / amedhyā́¹ |
अमेध्यान् amedhyā́n |
Instrumental | अमेध्येन amedhyéna |
अमेध्याभ्याम् amedhyā́bhyām |
अमेध्यैः / अमेध्येभिः¹ amedhyaíḥ / amedhyébhiḥ¹ |
Dative | अमेध्याय amedhyā́ya |
अमेध्याभ्याम् amedhyā́bhyām |
अमेध्येभ्यः amedhyébhyaḥ |
Ablative | अमेध्यात् amedhyā́t |
अमेध्याभ्याम् amedhyā́bhyām |
अमेध्येभ्यः amedhyébhyaḥ |
Genitive | अमेध्यस्य amedhyásya |
अमेध्ययोः amedhyáyoḥ |
अमेध्यानाम् amedhyā́nām |
Locative | अमेध्ये amedhyé |
अमेध्ययोः amedhyáyoḥ |
अमेध्येषु amedhyéṣu |
Notes |
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Feminine ā-stem declension of अमेध्या (amedhyā́) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | अमेध्या amedhyā́ |
अमेध्ये amedhyé |
अमेध्याः amedhyā́ḥ |
Vocative | अमेध्ये ámedhye |
अमेध्ये ámedhye |
अमेध्याः ámedhyāḥ |
Accusative | अमेध्याम् amedhyā́m |
अमेध्ये amedhyé |
अमेध्याः amedhyā́ḥ |
Instrumental | अमेध्यया / अमेध्या¹ amedhyáyā / amedhyā́¹ |
अमेध्याभ्याम् amedhyā́bhyām |
अमेध्याभिः amedhyā́bhiḥ |
Dative | अमेध्यायै amedhyā́yai |
अमेध्याभ्याम् amedhyā́bhyām |
अमेध्याभ्यः amedhyā́bhyaḥ |
Ablative | अमेध्यायाः / अमेध्यायै² amedhyā́yāḥ / amedhyā́yai² |
अमेध्याभ्याम् amedhyā́bhyām |
अमेध्याभ्यः amedhyā́bhyaḥ |
Genitive | अमेध्यायाः / अमेध्यायै² amedhyā́yāḥ / amedhyā́yai² |
अमेध्ययोः amedhyáyoḥ |
अमेध्यानाम् amedhyā́nām |
Locative | अमेध्यायाम् amedhyā́yām |
अमेध्ययोः amedhyáyoḥ |
अमेध्यासु amedhyā́su |
Notes |
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Neuter a-stem declension of अमेध्य (amedhyá) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | अमेध्यम् amedhyám |
अमेध्ये amedhyé |
अमेध्यानि / अमेध्या¹ amedhyā́ni / amedhyā́¹ |
Vocative | अमेध्य ámedhya |
अमेध्ये ámedhye |
अमेध्यानि / अमेध्या¹ ámedhyāni / ámedhyā¹ |
Accusative | अमेध्यम् amedhyám |
अमेध्ये amedhyé |
अमेध्यानि / अमेध्या¹ amedhyā́ni / amedhyā́¹ |
Instrumental | अमेध्येन amedhyéna |
अमेध्याभ्याम् amedhyā́bhyām |
अमेध्यैः / अमेध्येभिः¹ amedhyaíḥ / amedhyébhiḥ¹ |
Dative | अमेध्याय amedhyā́ya |
अमेध्याभ्याम् amedhyā́bhyām |
अमेध्येभ्यः amedhyébhyaḥ |
Ablative | अमेध्यात् amedhyā́t |
अमेध्याभ्याम् amedhyā́bhyām |
अमेध्येभ्यः amedhyébhyaḥ |
Genitive | अमेध्यस्य amedhyásya |
अमेध्ययोः amedhyáyoḥ |
अमेध्यानाम् amedhyā́nām |
Locative | अमेध्ये amedhyé |
अमेध्ययोः amedhyáyoḥ |
अमेध्येषु amedhyéṣu |
Notes |
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Noun
editअमेध्य • (amedhyá) stem, n
Declension
editNeuter a-stem declension of अमेध्य (amedhyá) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | अमेध्यम् amedhyám |
अमेध्ये amedhyé |
अमेध्यानि / अमेध्या¹ amedhyā́ni / amedhyā́¹ |
Vocative | अमेध्य ámedhya |
अमेध्ये ámedhye |
अमेध्यानि / अमेध्या¹ ámedhyāni / ámedhyā¹ |
Accusative | अमेध्यम् amedhyám |
अमेध्ये amedhyé |
अमेध्यानि / अमेध्या¹ amedhyā́ni / amedhyā́¹ |
Instrumental | अमेध्येन amedhyéna |
अमेध्याभ्याम् amedhyā́bhyām |
अमेध्यैः / अमेध्येभिः¹ amedhyaíḥ / amedhyébhiḥ¹ |
Dative | अमेध्याय amedhyā́ya |
अमेध्याभ्याम् amedhyā́bhyām |
अमेध्येभ्यः amedhyébhyaḥ |
Ablative | अमेध्यात् amedhyā́t |
अमेध्याभ्याम् amedhyā́bhyām |
अमेध्येभ्यः amedhyébhyaḥ |
Genitive | अमेध्यस्य amedhyásya |
अमेध्ययोः amedhyáyoḥ |
अमेध्यानाम् amedhyā́nām |
Locative | अमेध्ये amedhyé |
अमेध्ययोः amedhyáyoḥ |
अमेध्येषु amedhyéṣu |
Notes |
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Further reading
edit- Monier Williams (1899) “अमेध्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 83.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “amedhya”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “अमेध्य”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “अमेध्य”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
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